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- DSLR stands for “Digital Single Lens Reflex”
- Prime lens only have one focal length
- Zoom lenses vary in focal lengths
- Kit lens are a basic lens that comes with the camera they usually aren’t expensive
- Focal lengths lower than 21mm are mostly meant for architecture because of their extremely wide angle
- Focal lengths 135-300+mm are mostly meant for taking pictures of sports, bird and almost any type of wildlife
- 35-70 mm is mostly meant for street and documentary photos and videos.
- AF means auto focus
- MF means auto focus
- There are metaphors to understand exposure these are, Window, Garden hose, and tanning
- ISO stands for international organization for standards(ISO is a number that describes film’s sensitivity to light
- Choosing the wrong ISO can result in a noisy image.
- If there is more light go with a lower ISO for a cleaner image
- If there is less light you should choose a higher ISO for a cleaner image
- Shutter speed determines how long the shutter is open
- Shutter speed should be changed based on the situation
- The Canon T6i ranges from 30 seconds to 1/4000 of a second
- Some people use tripods when they have shutter speeds slower than a second
- The smaller the f-stop the more the lens opens
- The bigger the f-stop the less the lens opens
- “Fast” lens has a bigger maximum aperture
- The smaller the f-stop the more shallow depth of field
- Longer lenses have a more shallow depth of field
- The lens is described in 5 parts the mount, prime or zoom, series, focal length(s), maximum aperture
- There are multiple shooting modes that do many different things